Kidney Cancer

About Kidney Cancer

Kidney Cancer is cancer that originates in the kidney. (Your kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, each about the size of your fist) They're located behind your abdominal (abdomen) organs, with one kidney on each side of your spine.

Symptoms

Blood in your urine (Pee).

A lump in your side or abdomen (side).

A loss of appetite.

A pain in your side that doesn't go away.

Weight loss that occurs for no known reason.

Possible causes

Although the cause of cancer is not known, some risk factors include:

smoking

obesity

high blood pressure

long-term dialysis

Being a man (men are at higher risk)

Cancer Growth

What does Kidney cancer look Like??

Note: Kidney cancer is not always located in the same place

Stages of Kidney Cancer

Staging is a way of describing where the cancer is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting other parts of the body (metastasis). Doctors use diagnostic tests to find out the cancer's stage, so staging may not be complete until all the tests are finished. Knowing the stage helps the doctor to decide what kind of treatment is best and can help predict a patient's chances of recovery. (Metastasis- You cancer has spread to other body organs)

Treatments

-You can have surgery to remove the Kidney cancer if it has not metastasis

Survival Rates

It is important to realize that with timely diagnosis and treatment, Kidney cancer can be cured. If found early, the survival rates for patients with kidney cancerranges from 79% to 100% percent. Remission (When cancer stops growing for a little while/Staying in a little spot, cancer can always come back) is possible

Some Kidney Cancer Survivors

*For more information on these patients and there story Google there names